The Reluctant Landlord

Contrary to others I have found this series pretty good and can see it blossoming in the second series....

I like Romesh and his stand up is very good with some great humour, he is also good on panel shows etc.

I so wanted it to be funny and it just isn't, in my opinion. I think I chuckled once in the 2 episodes and that was it.

A shame but I don't think this is funny, sorry Romesh.

The premise is good but horribly carried out. Romesh tries to bring his dry style of comedy to this but it really doesn't work. Most characters play daft (suggesting the script writing is lazy) , trying to garner a few cheap laughs but they just come off insulting to the audience's intelligence. There seems to be no chemistry between any of the characters, most of all Romesh and his family. I've watched four episodes and was really tempted during the last to just switch off. Definitely would not recommend

I gave this 3/10. I only rated it so highly cos I fancy Yasmine Akram.

I'm often looking for shorter comedy shows that are different than the US norm, and British humor and locations can be quite interesting. I can like dry humor also, but Romesh comes over as extremely unlikeable, the type of person I would never want to be around, so I don't want to watch them either. Always rude, often insulting and laconic to the point of boredom, with supporting characters portrayed as daft, at best. I watched through 4 episodes to see if the tone or chemistry would improve, but no. Dropped.